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Old 12-27-2014, 11:25 AM   #14
thstone
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Originally Posted by Gilles View Post
You should be able to remove the extra dowel by backing up the gearbox a little and using vice grips, but you should ensure that the dowel on the opposite side is in place.
VICTORY!

Backed off the trans a bit and used a vice grip to pull out the dowel on the engine side. Then with a bit of wiggling, the trans slid home!

I'll pull the trans back a bit again and insert the dowel on the passenger side.

Then back to re-installing everything else.

Thanks to all!
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